Curtis Sagmoen found guilty in incident involving sex worker near Salmon Arm
Credit to Author: The Canadian Press| Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 20:43:06 +0000
VERNON — A man accused of several offences involving a sex worker has been found guilty of three charges by a B.C. Supreme Court judge in Vernon.
Curtis Sagmoen was found guilty of disguising his face with intent to commit an offence and using a firearm while committing an indictable offence.
The charges were connected to an incident in August 2017 on a rural property southwest of Salmon Arm.
Sagmoen was also convicted of possession of a controlled substance, which his lawyer says was a methamphetamine.
The 38-year-old was found not guilty of intentionally discharging a firearm and uttering threats.
Sagmoen pleaded not guilty to all charges in September at the start of the trial by judge alone.
A search of his family’s Shuswap-area farm in 2017 uncovered the remains of 18-year-old Traci Genereaux and police said her death was suspicious but they have not released a cause of death.
No charges have been laid in the Genereaux case and police have not named a suspect.
Traci Genereaux before she disappeared. Family handout